Badminton: Badminton debacle prompts soul-searching in China

LONDON (AP) -- China was ensured of at least one Olympic badminton gold medal when both of its top-seeded pairs reached the mixed doubles final Thursday. Top-seeded Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei will face second-seeded Xu Chen and Ma Jin after bothEight female badminton players were thrown out of the Olympics on Wednesday for trying to lose matches the day before, the Badminton World Federation announced after a disciplinary hearing.Like many people around the world, I was surprised (make that

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